In Depth Trirachodon is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Africa during the mid Triassic. Trirachodon are known to have lived in burrows, and studies of the burrow structure as well as the discovery of up to twenty individual Trirachodon in the same burrow system show us that Trirachodon most probably lived in … Read more
In Depth Diegocanis is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Diegocanis is similar to both Ecteninion & Trucidocynodon, and all of these genera fall within the Ecteniniidae. Further Reading - A new non-mammaliaform eucynodont from the Carnian-Norian Ischigualasto Formation, Northwestern Argentina. - Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 16: 61. … Read more
In Depth Occasionally interpreted as a very primitive mammal, Oligokyphus is today usually seen as a very late surviving cynodont, as well as one of the last of the non-mammalian therapsids. Still, Oligokyphus has been stated as being akin to a modern day weasel in terms of ecological niche, hunting for small animals on the … Read more
In Depth Brasilodon is a genus of very small cynodont that lived in Brazil during the late Triassic. Brasilodon was named alongside another similar cynodont called Brasilitherium. Further Reading - The sister group of mammals: small cynodonts from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil. - Revista Brasileira de Paleontolog�a 5:5-27. - J. F. Bonaparte, A. … Read more
In Depth Minicynodon is a genus of small cynodont that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Further Reading - La fauna local de Faxinal do Soturno, Tri�sico Tard�o de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. - Revista Brasileira de Paleontolog�a 13(3):233-246 - J. F. Bonaparte, C. L. Schultz, M. B. Soares & A. G. … Read more
In Depth Charassognathus is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the late Permian. Further Reading - The oldest cynodont: new clues on the origin and early diversification of the Cynodontia. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149(3):477-492. - J. Botha, F. Abdala & R. M. H. Smith - 2007.
In Depth Riograndia is a genus of cynodont that lived in Brazil during the Triassic. Further Reading - A primitive Late Triassic ‘ictidosaur’ from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. - Palaeontology 44(4):623-635. - J. F. Bonaparte, J. Ferigolo & A. M. Ribeiro - 2001. – New information on Riograndia guaibensis Bonaparte, Ferigolo & Ribeiro, 2001 … Read more
In Depth Dadadon is a massetognathine cynodont that lived in Madagascar during the Triassic. Further Reading - New traversodontids (Synapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Triassic of Madagascar. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):422-427. - J. J. Flynn, J. M. Parrish, B. Rakotosamimanana, L. Ranivoharimanana, W. F. Simpson & A. R. Wyss - 2000. – New material … Read more
In Depth Impidens is a genus of cynodont that lived during the Mid Triassic. Further reading - A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - Frederick Tolchard, Christian F. Kammerer, Richard J. Butler, Christophe Hendrickx, Julien Benoit, Fernando Abdala & Jonah … Read more
In Depth Elliotherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in South Africa during the late Triassic. Elliotherium is named after the Elliot formation where the holotype fossil was recovered from and combined with the word ‘therium’ which translates to English as ‘beast’. Further Reading - Elliotherium kersteni, a new tritheledontid from the lower Elliot … Read more